The Irish Government should not change its negotiating stance on Brexit, Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said, as she threw her support behind Taoiseach Leo Varadkar over the backstop. His position has been very consistent and his position has been backed wholeheartedly by the European Union. Ms Sturgeon used a speech at Georgetown University in Washington on Monday to reiterate her call for a second referendum on EU membership. She said that Scotland had always had a positive relationship with the European Union. by and large we don’t see membership of the European Union as a threat to our own national sovereignty.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 19:52 UTC